 With Karen gone, Larry soon begins medically treating and romancing Laurel Chapin (Janice Lynde) in 1983 after accidentally hitting her with his car.Concurrently, SORASed 18-year-old Daniel (Timothy Waldrip) returns to Llanview from abroad and begins work as a cub reporter for his aunt Viki at her "Banner" newspaper, but soon romances Viki's former stepmother and Larry's former hospital colleague Dr. Dorian Lord Callison (Robin Strasser), much the chagrin of the two former.Daniel eventually ends his trysts at his father's and aunt's insistence, and Larry and Laurel marry January 15, 1985 at Llanfair.